-baar

From Middle Dutch -baer, from Old Dutch *-bāri, from Proto-Germanic *bēriz, which belongs to the verb *beraną (“to bear”). See English bear (verb). Cognate with German -bar, Latin -fer.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /baːr/

-baar

1. -able, attaches to verbs to form an adjective that indicates that an action can be performed

   Synonym: -abel

   ‎eten (“to eat”) + ‎-baar → ‎eetbaar (“edible”)

This suffix has become very productive in colloquial language in recent years, which means that may be attached to any verb, even if a term with the same meaning already exists. You may hear nonstandard terms such as begrijpbaar (understandable, standard form begrijpelijk) or doebaar (doable, standard form te doen or uitvoerbaar).

From Middle High German -bære, from Old High German -bāri, from Proto-Germanic *bēriz. Compare German -bar, Dutch -baar, Old English -bǣre.

-baar

1. -able